The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-05

Happy short speeches
by Delegates.
Gov. McEnery, Won. Geo.
n. WeEKs and H'had
Mayo. Esd.
Heard.


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feast, IN which the delegates generally
were expected to deliver three mInule
speeches. The Opera HoHse wss
crowded with ladies and gentlemen
though over $50 delegates and visitors
had left town.
1 The FIRST speaker was Dr. Crawford
Of Nebraska. He said he thought the
railroads, BY high freight and pas
seBger rates, had ezBsed the DELAY IL
the settlement Of the Southern States
BY immigrants from other sections Of
orr country.
| Mr. Frank n. Chase, Of Iowa, spoke
feeiingiy Of the kind treatment eN-
tended 10 the Western delegates and
visitors, and OF the iastiag friendships
formed during the convention.
| Mr. Anderson, of Wisconsin, said
ne came from country WHERE there
weHe snow and ice for nine months In
tine wear, and cold weather the other
three ana that the winter weather
here was so delightful be was afraid bis
neighb0rs wouldn't believe him when
be came to tell them about it. He
said he represented the second best
county in his State for cheese prodnc-
tioD, and told how his people had
converted lot Of scrub cows into
aoout the finest stock Of mileh cattle
IN Wisconsin. He said be bore 10 his
own body a remembrance OF Southern
bravery in battle, and that the men Of
the South had Do trusr friends than
the men who once met them IN hon.
Orable warfare.
Hon W. II Harris, Of Louisiana.
said if Dir. Anderson would move 10
this State our genial climate would
soon heal all sickness aOeessioBed by
bis wounds.
Dir. -, Of Kansas, (whosp
name we failed to hear, paid a GLOW
! ing tribute to the Southern delegates
TO the convention, and to the people
Of Lake Charles.
Mr.. G. Adams, Of Minnesota, said
be came from the largest fonr manu-
featuring State in the Union, and that
Minneapolis was the greatest -four
manufacturing city in the world. de
sPohe OF I1e vast extent OF LOUISIANA :
puoiH lanos, ana Sai1 Il our Leg'sia-
ture would devote few hundred thou.
sand acres for the benefit Of public
Sen0ois, II ""uin De move III Tue
- Il.
flghb direction.
AfS. II. hu'iea2e' OF Iowa OeiDg
called upon was introduced oy pres
iaenI Oohih As ms aanghtef ana Palo
an eafoesl ano hlgh Tribute to the
Po0iIc Sehool system Of Iowa one
sald there WAS q Pioiic schooi building
Ihefe every TWO mines tiat those
buildings served as places OF divine
"oFship "hen the weather was TOO
severe 10 70 laFthsf 10 chufch mat
thefe lbeir literary societies mel, ana
there the boys and giris were trained,
s9nt, mlnd and body. She also eulo.
gtzed Inc farmer ipOys and gifis OF
Iowa.
erof Wa, stubbs' OF Louisiana,
sad be rose m defence OF Louisiana,
though be was only one OF Its adopted
SONS. In nervous and iorcible Ian
gnage' winch was Punetnated with
ringing applause, nc explained why
Louisiana had made no greater pro
gress m the cause OF popular eduea-
ti0D. dc sad that the war had bank
ruPted oar people, and that Tor many
years thereafter we had been despolled
OF thetruIts OF our labor by the high
taxes, and iniguitous extravaganza and
misgoEerhment, OF the reconstruction
period. lie SAID that ~ the face OF
these reyils ana with the additional
obligation OF trying to educate eight
millions OF former slaves, he thought
the South IN general, and Louisiana
IN particular had achieved wonders N
popular education as 10 other respects
and be predicted that the South would
yet excel the North intbe number and
excellence Of ITS public schools.
Mr. 4. y. Putnam, Of Louisiana
/ " , 1880 r. ~ F'G'@r - tNStAN'J
OF what NeFmlllon parish had done
for the public schools. dc said that
her citizens had voluntarily added
and largely, Their private means to the
public lands tor the erection Of schoo
bonses ior white and colored ehildren
and for the payment OF their teachers
lie sad u me Western delegates would
visit Nernilion, and he hoped they
would do 80, be would show them some
object lessons. He would SHOW then
that sugar planters could walk between
the plow handles, while fully eompe
tent to run the machinery Of their su
gar mills, and To read the lessons o.
Their polarlscopss. az fnsealn,s re-
MARKS w e,,., .ipuuls aP ,sS.
Mi. Vhhas, q Wisconsin, com,
,aenaea w Puolic scpool system q
nis olas1e. ~ saip 'lls county vas ho'
q large ohe, ~ y l'ppiic ssheo psop